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Base Air Forces South East Asia Personnel, locations and units

[Jun 1944 | Jun 1945 | Jul 1945 | Aug 1945]

This Command was formed in 1 October 1944 when at New Delhi HQ ACSEA moved to Kandy.

June 1945

Location Command Controlled
Delhi, India Air Command South East Asia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Leslie N Hollinghurst  6 Nov 1944 Air Marshal Commanding, CB, OBE, DFC; later ACM
AVM Robert L Ragg 23 Apr 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, AFC
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy 16 Apr 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration
Air Staff
A/Cdre Allen H Wheeler 24 Oct 1944 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr J H Kirkpatrick  1 Oct 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr S A H Whitehouse 28 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr W W E Oliver  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T Frawley  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P R M Groom 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker 26 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J E Symonds  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Carruthers  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A Longden  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr N H Moynihan  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C K Swann 23 Dec 1944  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R H Mason  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt C H Lucas  1 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt W L Stedman 15 Dec 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt C M P Hartley  4 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H Appleton  4 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W Druce  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr A H R Sellar  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E G Sewell  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W R B Reed  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W G Williams  1 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr D J Garland 26 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Nettleton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr G E Daniel  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr W P T Scott  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E D Jones  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W K Bell  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D J T Henderson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G B Harding  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R C Edwards  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G St G Syms  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr B W Mulrenan  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Gordon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C Cotton  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr B Fane-Saunders  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr R J Jennings  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G E B Du Cane  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D H Courtenay  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C S Ralli  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J D Dearlove  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Geddes  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R G Thurnhill  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D L Salmon   6 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher  29 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr B Armstrong  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Radleigh  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr O Morgan   1 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Jameson   5 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Wood  1 Oct 1944  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Colin W Weedon  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Arthur Garrity  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt A E T Hewes  1 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 19 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt Victor H B Roth  1 Nov 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H M C Harwood  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr L D Neeves  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr G R Thwaite  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R R Wisher  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J N C Law  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr L J Nolder  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr A McArthy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C M Hudson  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C V O'Carroll  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E O Carey  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W A Hammant  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J A C Pride  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr E D Neech  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr William MacI King 13 Feb 1945  later AVM
Wg Cdr T D M Boyland  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T Emmerson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L F Styles 13 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Venables  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Davis  4 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G Heath  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J T Herbert  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R W Spurgeon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A L Steele 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W Beeton  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E L Brown  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr V R Husband 17 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr H I Evans  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C V Lezard  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R J Parry 25 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Turner  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H Lee  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H A W Rettig  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P F Strouvelle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A F Hatfield  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Sharpe  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Chapman  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Ingram  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R D Wayman  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G R Southam  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr I D Hill  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W A Naylor  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W E Newby  23 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr G H W Kitchner  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J W Mackay  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Pryor  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C S Campbell  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Pollack  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C L Kingston  1 Oct 1944  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W D Rawlins  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr F A Kemp  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Ridd  1 Oct 1944 MBE
Sqn Ldr W S White  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F S Adams  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T A Carlisle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T E Pavitt  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T H Gould 20 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr N B Birrell  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L Wilson  1 Oct 1944  
Armament
Wg Cdr E Powell  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F W Berry  1 Feb 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Percy J Farmer  1 May 1945  
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C R Griffiths  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H G Cain  1 Oct 1944  
Medical
Wg Cdr G Gilchrist 13 Dec 1944 MB, BS
Sqn Ldr A J Barwood  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R T Bevan  1 Feb 1945 MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Sqn Ldr R D M Morrison  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L W Francis  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson  1 Oct 1944 MBE
Educational
Mr D G O'Shea 16 Nov 1943 BA, RAFVR
Mr D T Davies 12 Aug 1943 BSc, RAFVR
Photography
Sqn Ldr J E Archbald  1 Oct 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr F Mattar 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Mills  1 Oct 1944  
Meteorological
Wg Cdr A C Best    
Sqn Ldr W R Galloway    
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off A F Gauld 22 Oct 1944 WAAF
Sqn Off P M S Bell  1 Oct 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Lt Col L H Rodwell  1 Oct 1944

Source - June 1945 Confidential Air Force List

July 1945

Location Command Controlled
Delhi, India Air Command South East Asia See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Leslie N Hollinghurst  6 Nov 1944 Air Marshal Commanding, CB, OBE, DFC; later ACM
AVM Robert L Ragg 23 Apr 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, AFC
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy 16 Apr 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, later MRAF
Air Staff
A/Cdre Allen H Wheeler 24 Oct 1944 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr A F Wallace  7 Mar 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr W G Gardiner  7 Mar 1945 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D E Kingaby  1 Apr 1945 DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr A R Edge  3 Apr 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr J G St G Syms  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr Colin C M Baker 26 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr T Frawley  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P R M Groom 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Symonds  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Carruthers  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A Longden  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr N H Moynihan  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C K Swann 23 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C N Gardner 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E I Grey  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Brotherton-Ratcliffe 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Kibby 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D G Page  1 Feb 1945  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R H Mason  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt C H Lucas  1 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt W L Stedman 15 Dec 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt P J Mote  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt C L Stubbs  8 Apr 1945 OBE
Gp Capt C M P Hartley  4 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H Appleton  4 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W Druce  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W R B Reed  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W G Williams  1 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr G E Daniel  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr D J Garland 26 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Nettleton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W P T Scott  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E D Jones  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W K Bell  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr F L Lee 26 Apr 1945 DFM
Wg Cdr A D Wilson  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr K Slingsby-Fabin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr J C Cotton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr D H Courtenay  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr D J T Henderson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J Gordon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G E B Du Cane  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A W Geddes  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D L Salmon   6 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher  29 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr B Armstrong  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Radleigh  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr O Morgan  1 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Jameson  5 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Wood  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L G Smith 27 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C D Waldron  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F C Lowe 24 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson  8 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackie 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Baron 12 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C G Miles 19 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Read  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brocklebank 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R H Campbell 20 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D Coill 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Bellington  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr E D Levien 28 Feb 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Sephton  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E C Vanderfelt 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brownlee 27 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr M F Adie  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr L J Parmiter 14 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D H Warner 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E G Archbald  1 Apr 1945  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Colin W Weedon  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Arthur Garrity  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt H A P Disney  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt T G E Price  2 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt A E T Hewes  1 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 19 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt Victor H B Roth  1 Nov 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H M C Harwood  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr L D Neeves  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr G R Thwaite  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R R Wisher  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J N C Law  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr A McArthy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C M Hudson  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C V O'Carroll  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W A Hammant  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J A C Pride  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr E D Neech  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr William MacI King 13 Feb 1945  later AVM
Wg Cdr T D M Boyland  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr F E Lord  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr S R Baden  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr Patrick L Crowell 26 Mar 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G M Tiffen  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W A G O'Brien  8 May 1945  
Wg Cdr A S Gough 13 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove  9 Mar1945  
Sqn Ldr T Emmerson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L F Styles 13 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Venables  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Heath  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J T Herbert  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R W Spurgeon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A L Steele 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W Beeton  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H I Evans  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Turner  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H A W Rettig  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P F Strouvelle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Sharpe  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Chapman  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Ingram  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G R Southam  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Pryor  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C S Campbell  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Pollack  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C L Kingston  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Marsh  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C T Hailes  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Potts 28 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H Ward  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F G Hunt  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Holmes  8 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr N D Hart  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Killick 27 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H K B Wadham 21 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H L Davies  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E W Wilcox  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W G Kennard  5 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Broome 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J T Nicholas 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 11 Feb 1945  
Maj K C Blewitt  1 Oct 1944  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W D Rawlins  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Eades 16 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Andrews  1 Feb 1945 OBE
Wg Cdr R H Holmes 21 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr C Osmond  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W S White  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F S Adams  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T A Carlisle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T H Gould 20 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr L Wilson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Asher  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Patterson 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J Ryder 13 Feb 1945  
Armament
Wg Cdr E Powell  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F W Berry  1 Feb 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Percy J Farmer  1 May 1945  
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C R Griffiths  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming  1 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr H G Cain  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D Barker  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J M Wells 28 Apr 1945  
Medical
AVM A Grant  1 Feb 1945 CB, CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt G H H Maxwell 14 Feb 1945 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J Park 22 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J G Field 24 Mar 1945 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R D M Morrison  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L W Francis  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson  1 Oct 1944 MBE
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M Calvert  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Educational
Mr D G O'Shea 16 Nov 1943 BA, RAFVR
Mr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Mr D T Davies 12 Aug 1943 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Wg Cdr F Mattar 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Mills  1 Oct 1944  
Meteorological
Wg Cdr A C Best    
Sqn Ldr W R Galloway    
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off A F Gauld 22 Oct 1944 WAAF
Sqn Off P M S Bell  1 Oct 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Lt Col L H Rodwell  1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr J G Cory 12 Feb 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W G Perkins  1 Feb 1945 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C H Hammer  1 Feb 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr L J Evans 26 Oct 1944

Source - July 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

August 1945

Location Command Controlled
Delhi, India Air Command South East Asia See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Leslie N Hollinghurst  6 Nov 1944 Air Marshal Commanding, CB, OBE, DFC; later ACM
AVM Robert L Ragg 23 Apr 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, AFC
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy 16 Apr 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, later MRAF
Air Staff
A/Cdre Allen H Wheeler 24 Oct 1944 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr A F Wallace  7 Mar 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr W G Gardiner  7 Mar 1945 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D E Kingaby  1 Apr 1945 DSO, DFM
Wg Cdr A R Edge  3 Apr 1945 AFC
Wg Cdr J G St G Syms  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr Colin C M Baker 26 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr T Frawley  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P R M Groom 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Symonds  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Carruthers  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A Longden  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr N H Moynihan  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C K Swann 23 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C N Gardner 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E I Grey  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Brotherton-Ratcliffe 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Kibby 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D G Page  1 Feb 1945  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R H Mason  1 Feb 1945 OBE
Gp Capt C H Lucas  1 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt W L Stedman 15 Dec 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt P J Mote  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt C L Stubbs  8 Apr 1945 OBE
Gp Capt C M P Hartley  4 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H Appleton  4 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W Druce  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W R B Reed  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W G Williams  1 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr G E Daniel  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W P T Scott  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E D Jones  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W K Bell  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr F L Lee 26 Apr 1945 DFM
Wg Cdr A D Wilson  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr K Slingsby-Fabin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr J C Cotton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr D H Courtenay  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr D J T Henderson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J Gordon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G E B Du Cane  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A W Geddes  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D L Salmon   6 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher  29 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr B Armstrong  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Radleigh  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr O Morgan  1 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Jameson  5 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Wood  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L G Smith 27 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C D Waldron  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F C Lowe 24 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson  8 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackie 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Baron 12 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C G Miles 19 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Read  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brocklebank 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R H Campbell 20 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D Coill 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Bellington  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr E D Levien 28 Feb 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Sephton  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E C Vanderfelt 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brownlee 27 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr M F Adie  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr L J Parmiter 14 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D H Warner 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E G Archbald  1 Apr 1945  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Colin W Weedon  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Arthur Garrity  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt H A P Disney  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt T G E Price  2 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt A E T Hewes  1 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 19 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt Victor H B Roth  1 Nov 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H M C Harwood  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr L D Neeves  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr G R Thwaite  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R R Wisher  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J N C Law  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr A McArthy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C M Hudson  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C V O'Carroll  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W A Hammant  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J A C Pride  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr E D Neech  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr William MacI King 13 Feb 1945  later AVM
Wg Cdr T D M Boyland  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr F E Lord  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr S R Baden  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr Patrick L Crowell 26 Mar 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W A G O'Brien  8 May 1945  
Wg Cdr A S Gough 13 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove  9 Mar1945  
Sqn Ldr T Emmerson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L F Styles 13 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Venables  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Heath  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J T Herbert  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R W Spurgeon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A L Steele 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W Beeton  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H I Evans  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Turner  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H A W Rettig  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P F Strouvelle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Sharpe  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Chapman  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Ingram  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G R Southam  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Pryor  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C S Campbell  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Pollack  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C L Kingston  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Marsh  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C T Hailes  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Potts 28 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H Ward  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F G Hunt  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Holmes  8 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr N D Hart  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Killick 27 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H K B Wadham 21 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H L Davies  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E W Wilcox  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W G Kennard  5 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Broome 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J T Nicholas 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 11 Feb 1945  
Maj K C Blewitt  1 Oct 1944  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W D Rawlins  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Eades 16 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Andrews  1 Feb 1945 OBE
Wg Cdr R H Holmes 21 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr C Osmond  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W S White  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F S Adams  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T A Carlisle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T H Gould 20 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr L Wilson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Asher  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Patterson 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J Ryder 13 Feb 1945  
Armament
Wg Cdr E Powell  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F W Berry  1 Feb 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Percy J Farmer  1 May 1945  
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C R Griffiths  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming  1 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr H G Cain  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D Barker  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J M Wells 28 Apr 1945  
Medical
AVM A Grant  1 Feb 1945 CB, CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt G H H Maxwell 14 Feb 1945 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J Park 22 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J G Field 24 Mar 1945 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R D M Morrison  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L W Francis  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson  1 Oct 1944 MBE
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M Calvert  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Educational
Mr D G O'Shea 16 Nov 1943 BA, RAFVR
Mr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Mr D T Davies 12 Aug 1943 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Wg Cdr F Mattar 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Mills  1 Oct 1944  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt C E Maitland   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H White    
Wg Cdr H W Cooper    
Wg Cdr A E Willis    
Sqn Ldr J A Withnell    
Sqn Ldr H G Strange    
Sqn Ldr L G Snow    
Sqn Ldr C G W Pargeter    
Flt Lt A McCreeth    
Sqn Ldr A H Hope    
Flt Lt A Wyatt    
Flt Lt A F R Allchurch    
Meteorological
Wg Cdr A C Best    
Sqn Ldr W R Galloway    
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off A F Gauld 22 Oct 1944 WAAF
Sqn Off P M S Bell  1 Oct 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Lt Col L H Rodwell  1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr J G Cory 12 Feb 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W G Perkins  1 Feb 1945 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C H Hammer  1 Feb 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr L J Evans 26 Oct 1944

Source - August 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

September 1945

Location Command Controlled
Delhi, India Air Command South East Asia See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Roderick Carr 22 Aug 1945 Air Marshal Commanding, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Robert L Ragg 23 Apr 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, AFC
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy 16 Apr 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, later MRAF
Air Staff
A/Cdre Allen H Wheeler 24 Oct 1944 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr A F Wallace  7 Mar 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr W G Gardiner  7 Mar 1945 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D E Kingaby  1 Apr 1945 DSO, DFM
Wg Cdr A R Edge  3 Apr 1945 AFC
Wg Cdr J G St G Syms  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr Colin C M Baker 26 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr T Frawley  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P R M Groom 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Symonds  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Carruthers  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A Longden  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr N H Moynihan  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C K Swann 23 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C N Gardner 29 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E I Grey  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Brotherton-Ratcliffe 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Kibby 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D G Page  1 Feb 1945  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R H Mason  1 Feb 1945 OBE
Gp Capt C H Lucas  1 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt W L Stedman 15 Dec 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt P J Mote  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt C L Stubbs  8 Apr 1945 OBE
Gp Capt C M P Hartley  4 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H Appleton  4 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W Druce  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W R B Reed  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W G Williams  1 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr D J Garland 26 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Nettleton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr G E Daniel  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W P T Scott  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E D Jones  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr W K Bell  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr F L Lee 26 Apr 1945 DFM
Wg Cdr A D Wilson  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr K Slingsby-Fabin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr J C Cotton  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr D H Courtenay  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr D J T Henderson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J Gordon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G E B Du Cane  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A W Geddes  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D L Salmon   6 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher  29 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr B Armstrong  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Radleigh  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr O Morgan  1 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Jameson  5 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Wood  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L G Smith 27 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C D Waldron  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F C Lowe 24 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson  8 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackie 15 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Baron 12 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C G Miles 19 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Read  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brocklebank 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 13 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R H Campbell 20 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D Coill 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Bellington  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr E D Levien 28 Feb 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Sephton  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E C Vanderfelt 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R Brownlee 27 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr M F Adie  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr L J Parmiter 14 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr D H Warner 15 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E G Archbald  1 Apr 1945  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Colin W Weedon  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Arthur Garrity  1 Oct 1944 CBE
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt H A P Disney  1 Feb 1945  
Gp Capt T G E Price  2 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt A E T Hewes  1 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 19 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt Victor H B Roth  1 Nov 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H M C Harwood  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr L D Neeves  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr G R Thwaite  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R R Wisher  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J N C Law  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr A McArthy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C M Hudson  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr C V O'Carroll  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr W A Hammant  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr J A C Pride  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr E D Neech  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr William MacI King 13 Feb 1945  later AVM
Wg Cdr T D M Boyland  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr F E Lord  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr S R Baden  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr Patrick L Crowell 26 Mar 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W A G O'Brien  8 May 1945  
Wg Cdr A S Gough 13 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove  9 Mar1945  
Sqn Ldr T Emmerson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr L F Styles 13 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Venables  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Heath  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J T Herbert  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr R W Spurgeon  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A L Steele 31 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W Beeton  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H I Evans  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Turner  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr H A W Rettig  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P F Strouvelle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Sharpe  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Chapman  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Ingram  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G R Southam  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Pryor  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C S Campbell  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Pollack  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C L Kingston  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Marsh  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C T Hailes  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Potts 28 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H Ward  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F G Hunt  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W G Holmes  8 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr N D Hart  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Killick 27 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H K B Wadham 21 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H L Davies  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E W Wilcox  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr C W G Kennard  5 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr C Broome 30 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J T Nicholas 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 11 Feb 1945  
Maj K C Blewitt  1 Oct 1944  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Gp Capt Thomas P P F Fagan  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W D Rawlins  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Eades 16 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr H Andrews  1 Feb 1945 OBE
Wg Cdr C Osmond  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W S White  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F S Adams  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T A Carlisle  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr T H Gould 20 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr L Wilson  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Asher  1 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A G Patterson 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr E J Ryder 13 Feb 1945  
Armament
Wg Cdr E Powell  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr F W Berry  1 Feb 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Percy J Farmer  1 May 1945  
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Oct 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C R Griffiths  1 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming  1 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr H G Cain  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr D Barker  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J M Wells 28 Apr 1945  
Medical
AVM A Grant  1 Feb 1945 CB, CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt G H H Maxwell 14 Feb 1945 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J Park 22 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J G Field 24 Mar 1945 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R D M Morrison  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L W Francis  1 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson  1 Oct 1944 MBE
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M Calvert  1 Feb 1945 MB, ChB
Educational
Mr C W Pollock 17 Jul 1945 MA, RAFVR
Mr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Mr D T Davies 12 Aug 1943 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Sqn Ldr C Mills  1 Oct 1944  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt C E Maitland   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E H White    
Wg Cdr H W Cooper    
Wg Cdr A E Willis    
Sqn Ldr J A Withnell    
Sqn Ldr H G Strange    
Sqn Ldr L G Snow    
Sqn Ldr C G W Pargeter    
Flt Lt A McCreeth    
Sqn Ldr A H Hope    
Sqn Ldr C E Findlay    
Flt Lt A Wyatt    
Flt Lt A F R Allchurch    
Meteorological
Wg Cdr A C Best    
Sqn Ldr W R Galloway    
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off A F Gauld 22 Oct 1944 WAAF
Sqn Off A M Holmes  1 Aug 1945 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Lt Col L H Rodwell  1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr J G Cory 12 Feb 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W G Perkins  1 Feb 1945 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C H Hammer  1 Feb 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr L J Evans 26 Oct 1944

Source - September 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

It was disbanded on 1 April 1946 when it amalgamated with AHQ India.

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